Welding



June 26, 1923. 1,459,885

' c. A. HADLEY WELDING l Filed sept.' 11, 1922 4 sheets-sheet 1 www@ l M a. M@

'4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Mvm C. A. HADLEY WELDNG Filed Sept.

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c. A. HADLEY WELDlNG Filed Sept. ll. 1922 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 `june 26, 1923.

C. A. HADLEY I WELDING Filed Sept. ll 1.922 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented June 26, 1923.

UNITED STATES vPATENT OFFICE.A

CECIL ALLARTON HADLEY, F BRADFORD, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE ROSE STREET FONDRY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, LIMITED', OF INVERNESS, SCOTLAND.

WELDING.

Application led September 11, 1922. Serial No. 587,488.

T 0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it. known that I, CEciL ALLARTON HAD- LEY,-a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Bradford, in the county of York and Kingdom of England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Welding, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in welding and more particularly to what is known as butt welding.

In the formation of a butt weld as the metal becomes fluid it has been usual to press the parts of the `work towards one another by hand with a view to obtaining intimate contact of the two parts, and fusion one into `the other, and then also with a view to eX- truding burnt metal to the outside so as to form a homogeneous weld.

Mechanical vwelding machines are valso known in which'jaws for holding the work are displaced relatively to one another by cams rotated from a driving shaft, whilst again in furtherarrangements holders for the two-pieces of work are pressed towards one another by means of a. spring, which will allow further motion of the two parts of the work towardsone another on the upset of the material as it becomes fluid.

These methods are however not fully successful in practice. The hand operation entails considerable skill and it will obviously almost be impossible-to arrange that identical conditions apply to two successive pieces of work, whilst previous mechanical arrangements above mentioned have not been capable of adjustment, and further in the -case of the cams the work is displaced too slowly, and in the case -of springs, too sud- Whilst these previous arrangements have operated the automatic displacement of the two pieces of work relatively to one another, none of them have attempted to control the 4i rate of displacement. j

According to the present invention means are provided to automatically control the rate of displacement of one movable part or electrode relatively to the other, and to immediately adjust as desired the said rate of dis lacement.

e inventionv will be more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which 554 Figure 1 is an outside elevation of a vwelding machine having a device, according to the present invention, in one of its forms, att-ached thereto.

Figure 2 is a side elevation corresponding to Fig. l.

Figure 3 is an outside elevation of the dash pot device and trip switch.

Figure 4 vis a corresponding side view.

Figure 5 is a partial sectional view of the dash pot.

Filgure 6 is a sectional view `of the line A- of Fig. 5.

lThe work is clamped between two pairs of jaws, 1, 2, 3, 4, the jaws 3, 4 beingmounted on a slide, displaced along guides and connected to the end link 6, of a pair of links 6 7, forming a toggle, the centre hinge pin 8, of which is connected to an adjustable nut 9, on a spindle l0, connected by a spring 11, to a yoke 12g, operated by a foot pedal 13. This pedal 13, forms also the operating element of a trip switch of any desired form which may be for instance of the type described in British Patent No. 167,662. The outer hinge pin I4, of the link 7, also forms the pivot of a bell crank lever 15, connected to the piston rod` 16 of a combined dash pot and trip switch. The outer arm 17, of the bell crank lever is coupled by the connecting rod 18, to the sliding block 5.

It will consequently be seen that as the pedal 13, is depressed, the spring 11, will be compressed but the block 5, will not be able to slide freely on its guides owing to the resistance of 'fluid such as oil below the piston 19, on the piston rod 16. The oil can however, escape along the hollow piston rod through the port-20, which port is adapted to be shrouded when the piston is in its upper position by a plunger valve 21, having a flat or other recess out away from one face as shown in Fig. 6.

It will be seen therefore that as the piston 19, descends, from a position in which the port lies in the position shownin dotted lines at 22, (Fig. 5) to the position shown in full lines at 20 (Fig. v5) the restricted passage for the fluid from the bottom t0 the top of the piston 19, becomes shorter and shorter until when the port reaches the position shown in Fig. 5 a free passage for the oil is provided to permit the action of the spring 11 in the displacement of the bloc?? 5, carrying the movable electrode 3, 4.

By rotating the piston rod 16, relatively lio All

to elle 'valve 2l, by elise 23, the port may bi'ougli position as shown in dotted lines an the 'Dosiiien showin in dotted lines es 26., (Fig, 6) 'the pesii-en shown et 259 being e, pesitieii 'for vey slow moi/'ement el? the dash-pei piston, WhilsfJ 'that ai; 26, corre'- spmids te the fastest movement available foi' the sai@ piston.

As 'the piston md 16, and with elle 27j eli Athe trip svicii eel f een new descend rapidly the trigger 28a will be s'iiei eut of jesitioii by Contact with `the edge. of an adjustable @am 29, to release "the c0111 heed 30, making cominci; with 'the Contact bleek 3l, se that ii will fly up under aeeion lof "ehe spring 32, and break Jhe Welding eii'euiii.

The Week is new completed and upon ehe feet pedal being ieleiiseel 'the jews will i'etum to `their oiigiiiiil posiion undef action 'of ille spiing il? the @il can flow reely 'from ehe iep 'Le the bottom of ihe piston lireugh 'the poils 33 pesi; Ene automatic flap Valve @ai and @they parte will be restored to @heir :initial pesiiien 50 alim: of commeneemeii: of a 'lfiesh epeza'eion.

ihe iiiipim'emen's of the present invenytioii are applicable partieulaily'io electric iesisiaiice butt and spot Welding but me also applicable ie oiliei methods of bui; Welding where iioi instance an eiecrocle is moved i'ele'tiveiy to a pieee e? pieces of Work sie 'be 'welfleh @thee equiveieii deviees be im bile flesh pois, suela es slow ecfiiig self-amid. ei mechanical mee-iis suela. es e viii'isible speed ,iiicton Cliviiig of 'ille Wheel and; dise type which can be set 1:0 eutemieally piede-hermine 'the mie eff displacement ene pari, ie'latively te the Oil/1e?.

i declare that 'what claim in eleearofie Welding meehi e @empfieing electiocles, means dispieee seid elec iiodes towards @me aneth-ei imi l ins @o eenrel the speed @if displacemeiifn si seid eleeredes 'i'ihiougheut 'Lheii' fange o'/iavel. 2, An electric Welding machine wmpi'is' ing suppois for Work pieces, means to displace said suppois relati @nel adash-pot i0 commi, the speed of displacement and means e0 adjust the ifesisi'gance of the flash-pot.

An electric 'welding machine Comprising movable elec@rode-sa en elee'fie circuit eonaining seid eleerdes, a irip swie'n in the eicuii of said elecziodes, means i0 displace said elecii'odes relatively te @ne im other, e (lash-poi to eon'rol he speed of displacement and :i eemieczing link; between the movable elemen'; of said dash-poi, and the movable element 0I" said "Li'ip switch.

in Witness whereof, li have hereunm signed my name this 145th day 0f August 1922, in

presence @i me subseiibing witnesses. ECL LLARTN RADLEY.

messes:

l/VHMMH Ross, ALEXANDER FINLAYEON. 

